Chapter 651 After the Divorce

Mao Fuqiu made up her mind to divorce.

When Jiao found out, she was so angry that she smashed a white-glazed teacup with a hint of green snow.

Yu Mingzhu stood aside, looking terrified: "Mom, is my sister-in-law blaming me? If it weren't for my elder brother protecting me that day, my sister-in-law wouldn't have been so angry that she had a miscarriage..."

Jiao immediately comforted her: "How can you be blamed for this? It's obviously her narrow-mindedness..."

At this point, Jiao started to sigh and complain, "Your sister-in-law was pretty good back then. She was good at sewing and everything. Your eldest brother insisted on marrying her, so he married her... But she hasn't had a child in four years! She's the eldest grandson's wife, how could she not have a child? Now, after finally getting pregnant, she's had two miscarriages in a row. I'm afraid it has something to do with her stubborn nature!"

Jiao became more and more angry as she spoke, and she stood up with her hand on the table: "I haven't even looked for her yet, but she picked up Qiao first! And your eldest brother is the same, you must not give in again and again because of this!"

Jiao said these words in front of Yu Mingzhu, who nodded and agreed that what her mother said was right.

But when Jiao said this again in front of the old lady of Duke Xin, the always kind and loving old lady of Duke Xin was so angry that she cursed: "Silly woman, shut up!"

Jiao went to talk to Yu Chongjie again, asking him not to be controlled by Mao Fuqiu.

As a result, Yu Chongjie got so drunk that he burped, seeming to be crying and laughing: "Control?... I would rather Fuqiu is controlling me."

I'm so disappointed that Jiao was almost mad to death.

Yu Mingzhu made some sobering soup and sent it to Yu Chongjie. But for the first time, Yu Chongjie didn't even let Yu Mingzhu in, saying that he didn't want to make Fuqiu feel uncomfortable anymore.

Yu Mingzhu's face turned blue. She returned to her yard and was so angry that she threw the sobering soup away.

After Mao Fuqiu had recovered for a few days, she had someone put the divorce letter she had written on Yu Chongjie's desk.

Yu Chongjie's first reaction was to tear up the divorce letter.

Mao Fuqiu just said to him calmly: "You tear up one copy, and I will have someone write another one."

Yu Chongjie was so upset that he wanted to pull Mao Fuqiu's hand: "Fuqiu, Fuqiu, I know I was wrong... Don't do this..."

Mao Fuqiu looked at Yu Chongjie calmly and calmly, but she only had two words to say to him: "Divorce."

Yu Chongjie simply couldn't accept it. When the first snow fell, he stood outside the door stupidly for half a day, turning into a snowman, and finally fell ill in bed.

Jiao couldn't bear it any longer and went to find Mao Fuqiu, shaking with anger: "For so many years, our Xinguo Mansion has treated you well, why did you treat my son like this!"

"Since you think I've abused your son, why don't you quickly persuade him to sign the divorce agreement?" Mao Fuqiu asked.

Jiao was so angry that she couldn't speak.

A figure flashed behind the window.

Yu Mingzhu's eyes flickered slightly, and she held onto Jiao's arm, crying: "Sister-in-law, it's all my fault this time. At that time, my elder brother was protecting me and didn't care about my sister-in-law, which led to my sister-in-law being kidnapped and having a miscarriage. It's all my fault, sister-in-law, please don't blame my elder brother. It's all my fault. If you're still angry, I'll kneel down in front of you. You can hit me or scold me..."

Yu Mingzhu looked very self-blaming and choked with sobs.

Jiao was extremely distressed: "You child..."

Mao Fuqiu just looked at Yu Mingzhu calmly: "It's your brother who is sorry for me. I don't really mean to blame you. But since you said you want to kneel down, I won't stop you. Go ahead and kneel down."

Yu Mingzhu looked a little embarrassed, biting her lower lip, and bent her knees towards Mao Fuqiu——

Jiao couldn't stand it any longer. She grabbed Yu Mingzhu and yelled angrily, "Mao! That's enough! If you keep going like this, don't even think about getting a divorce letter. I'll let Chongjie write a divorce letter to divorce you!"

"mother!"

The figure outside the window couldn't hold back any longer and strode in.

Yu Chongjie's steps were unsteady and his face was pale, and it was obvious that he was still ill.

"Mom, don't talk to Fuqiu like that!"

Jiao felt that her children were all debtors and was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood: "Chongjie! You!"

Yu Chongjie looked at Mao Fuqiu with some pain: "Fuqiu, are we really doomed?"

Mao Fuqiu replied with absolute certainty: "Yes."

This one word made Yu Chongjie shudder and almost burst into tears.

Mao Fuqiu said quietly, "Every night, I dream of those two children coming to me covered in blood, asking me why I didn't want them... I didn't protect them well, I'm sorry for them..."

Two lines of tears fell from Mao Fuqiu's eyes.

Yu Chongjie was in so much pain that he could hardly breathe.

He couldn't stop trembling all over: "Okay, I'll sign the divorce agreement."

Jiao opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing.

Yu Mingzhu stood there with deep eyes.

…

Yu Chongjie and Mao Fuqiu finally divorced.

The Mao family was not a small family. On the day of the divorce, Mao Fuqiu's sister-in-law brought ten maids to help Mao Fuqiu count her dowry.

The Xin Duke's family is wealthy and powerful, so they would not neglect Mao Fuqiu's dowry.

The old lady of Duke Xin was standing in the white courtyard covered with snow. She seemed to be able to hear the noise coming from Yu Chongjie and Mao Fuqi's courtyard, and she felt a little shiver all over.

Nanny Qingluan whispered, "Madam, the wind is blowing, go back."

The old lady of Duke Xin sighed and said to herself, as if to encourage herself: "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."

But when the Mao family counted the dowry, they found that a lot of extremely valuable jewelry was missing.

The old woman who was counting the dowry suddenly exclaimed.

"Madam, I found out that several valuable jewellery is missing after taking inventory," the old woman said seriously. "Others are fine, but one set of jewellery was given by the late Empress Dowager when she was alive; another set was given to Madam by the late Princess Linyi when she was alive. I see that it is not recorded in your account book. Is there something wrong?"

When counting the dowry, not only the dowry maid from the bride's side must be present, but the maid in charge from the groom's side must also be present throughout the process.

The man wants to prove that he did not touch his wife's dowry.

Therefore, when the dowry maid of the Mao family said that the expensive jewelry was missing, the stewardess on the groom's side felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy, and looked nervously at Mao Fuqiu who was sitting in the chair.

Mao Fuqiu thought for a moment and remembered the origin of the two sets of jewelry. She said calmly:

"It should be with the eldest lady. Never mind."

The maid from the Mao family who came to count the dowry said, "Oh my dear, how can you let it go? You have already divorced the Duke of Xin, and these things will be yours in the future. Besides, other ordinary jewelry can be let go, but the two sets of jewelry that this servant mentioned earlier cannot be let go."

Mao Fuqi did not comment, but just skipped the topic and asked if there was anything else.

The housekeeper at the Xin Guo Mansion was sweating with nervousness, but she didn't dare to take the responsibility and just let it go.

When the news gets out, it will be said that the Xin Guo Mansion is trying to defraud people of their dowry. How unpleasant it would be.

When no one was paying attention, she quickly called a little maid and asked her to report to Jiao.

The maid from the Mao family who came to count the dowry naturally saw this little action, but she snorted and pretended not to see it.

At this moment, Yu Mingzhu was sitting in Jiao's yard.

When the little maid came to report, Yu Mingzhu's face turned red with anger!

She seemed to be able to see those people from the Mao family pointing fingers at her with disdain, saying that she was the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin's mansion, but she actually wanted to steal her eldest sister-in-law's dowry!

Jiao also frowned and said to Mingzhu, "Zhuzhu, are those jewellery really with you?"

Yu Mingzhu knew that it was with her, but she looked a little confused: "I don't remember... Mom, I have to go back to my yard to check the account book."

Jiao comforted her: "Give her back those jewellery pieces, and I'll make you some better looking ones later."

Yu Mingzhu nodded and said aggrievedly: "Mother, Mao is no longer the eldest sister-in-law in the future. I know that if it is really with me, I will naturally return it."

Jiao nodded with satisfaction.

As Yu Mingzhu left Jiao's yard, her face darkened.

This Mao! She's already a divorced woman, yet she's still so annoying!

Yu Mingzhu returned to her own courtyard and asked her maid to find those sets of jewelry.

The maid wanted to help her deliver it, but Yu Mingzhu gritted her teeth and smiled: "I will deliver it to her personally!"

Yu Mingzhu took these jewellery and rushed to Mao's yard.

Coincidentally, on the way, I met Yu Chongjie, who was in a restless mood and had just returned from his shift early.

Yu Chongjie had been feeling very uncomfortable these days and had just had a serious illness. He was so thin that he could not even hold up his official uniform.

Walking through the white garden, I really felt like a ghost.

Yu Mingzhu was startled, but tried to calm herself down and called out "Big Brother".

Yu Chongjie gave a wooden response without any other reaction, and continued walking forward like a wandering soul.

Yu Mingzhu was anxious, stepped forward and grabbed Yu Chongjie's arm, and said a little aggrievedly: "Brother, you are becoming even colder to me now! ... Don't you even ask me where I'm going?"

Yu Chongjie followed Yu Mingzhu's words and asked, "Where are you going?"

Yu Mingzhu stared at Yu Chongjie's face calmly: "Send the jewelry to my sister-in-law. She gave it to me before. Now she is leaving our Xin Guo Mansion, so of course the jewelry should be returned."

Yu Chongjie looked behind Yu Mingzhu.

Three maids followed her, each holding a tray with a brocade box on it, which looked very valuable.

Yu Chongjie suddenly walked towards the maid.

He raised his hands and opened each box.

The jewellery in the brocade box was extremely bright and gorgeous amidst the snow-covered garden.

You can tell at first glance that they are all rare treasures.

Yu Chongjie's chest, which was already numb from the pain, felt as if it had been hit hard several times.

He recalled that when Mao Fuqiu first got married, she treated Yu Mingzhu very well.

As soon as Yu Mingzhu said she liked these precious jewellery, Mao Fuqiu had them packed up and sent to Yu Mingzhu's yard without saying a word.

She had been so kind to Mingzhu...

Yu Chongjie covered his face in despair and strode out.

Yu Mingzhu was anxious, and followed Yu Chongjie a few steps, "Brother! Brother!"

Yu Chongjie continued to run very fast without stopping for a moment.

Yu Mingzhu stomped her feet in anger.

She originally wanted Yu Chongjie to go with her, and then see what expression Mao would have on her face!

As a result, Yu Chongjie was so distracted that he ran away!

Run away!

Yu Mingzhu had a cold face and took the jewelry to Mao Fuqiu's yard.

Mao Fuqiu was sitting in a chair drinking tea.

Yu Mingzhu called out "sister-in-law".

Mao Fuqiu simply said, "The divorce agreement has been sent to the government for stamping and filing today. I am not worthy of being called Miss."

Before Yu Mingzhu could say anything, the old woman from the Mao family who was counting the dowry came forward and waved her hand. The maid she brought with her took the three sets of jewelry from Yu Mingzhu's maid like wolves and tigers.

The maid who was counting the dowry of the Mao family sneered and raised her voice deliberately so that everyone inside and outside could hear: "Ah, what I mean is, this young lady of the Xinguo Mansion can't be so ignorant, right? Doesn't she know that she has our aunt's jewelry in her hands? Do we have to find out and ask for it ourselves? ... Just now, when I heard the young lady of the Xinguo Mansion call our aunt of the Mao family sister-in-law, I knew that you didn't know that our aunt and your eldest brother had divorced, right? That's not surprising. I almost misunderstood! I was saying, how could the young lady of the Xinguo Mansion do such a shameless thing?"

This matchmaker was very harsh, and every word and sentence was like a slap in the face to Yu Mingzhu.

Yu Mingzhu's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. She immediately turned away and went to complain to Jiao.

As soon as Yu Mingzhu left, the old woman from the Mao family who was counting the dowry immediately pouted at Yu Mingzhu and cursed her in a neutral tone: "Bad luck!"

Yu Mingzhu hadn't even reached the gate of the courtyard yet, but when she heard these two words, she almost fell down in anger!

Her face darkened.

Mao Fuqiu, you are so great!

Just wait, if you return home now, your reputation will be ruined and you will be an old lady in the Mao family for the rest of your life!

…

After Yu Chongjie and Mao Fuqiu divorced, Jiao was anxious for a few days, but then she cheered up and started looking for another wife for her eldest son.

Given the status of the Duke of Xin's Mansion, even though Yu Chongjie had divorced his original wife, there were still countless families who wanted to marry their daughters into the Duke of Xin's Mansion.

Jiao was so eager to find someone better than Mao.

This time, Jiao also asked Yu Mingzhu to give Yu Chongjie a reference.

"That Mao is a worthless person. This time when we look for a sister-in-law for Zhuzhu, we need to find someone with good character." Jiao looked at Yu Mingzhu with pity, "We must not let your elder brother wrong you because of your sister-in-law's affairs."

Yu Mingzhu leaned on Jiao's arms and said coquettishly: "Mother, as long as my elder brother is happy, I don't care...My elder brother is very sad and upset when Mao is like that. It's painful to see."

Thinking of her son's loss of soul, Jiao sighed: "Your elder brother must be worrying me to death."

But just after Jiao had been enthusiastically looking for Yu Chongjie for a few days, the old lady of Duke Xin came to say that Yu Chongjie's marriage would be taken care of by her and the old Duke, and Jiao didn't need to worry about it anymore.

Jiao was so angry that she smashed several teacups on the spot.

However, after the fall, Jiao was at a loss as to what to do and she did not dare to disobey her mother-in-law. She could only calm herself down and focus on finding a partner for her second son, Yu Chongen. She arranged for a family she was very satisfied with to marry him, and the two families prepared to meet in a teahouse.